Portland Timbers vs Colorado Rapids SC, MLS 2021 REGULAR SEASON

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MLS · 2021

Portland Timbers

2 – 2

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Colorado Rapids SC

Thu 16 Sep 2021 · 02:00 UTC Providence Park HT 45' · FT 45'

Sebastian Blanco 30' Y

Y 31' Auston Trusty

Sebastian Blanco 31' Y

Bill Tuiloma 33' Y

Bill Tuiloma 42' R

Y 66' Mark-Anthony Kaye

Cristhian Paredes 67' Y

Steve Clark 82' Y

Y 88' Lalas Abubakar

Overview

Match Preview

Portland Timbers vs Colorado Rapids SC — MLS at Providence Park.

Portland Timbers 14 games · 14 pts (2026/26)
Colorado Rapids SC 15 games · 16 pts (2026/26)

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	14	33
2	Internacional CF Miami	15	31
3	Chicago Fire FC	14	26
4	New England Revolution	14	25
5	New York Red Bulls	15	22
6	Charlotte FC	15	21
7	FC Cincinnati	15	20
8	New York City FC	15	19
9	D.C. United SC	15	18
10	Columbus Crew SC	15	16
11	Toronto FC	14	14
12	Montreal Impact FC	14	14
13	Orlando City SC	15	14
14	Atlanta United FC	14	11
15	Philadelphia Union	15	7
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	14	32
17	San Jose Earthquakes	15	32
18	Real Salt Lake	14	26
19	FC Dallas	15	25
20	Los Angeles FC	15	24
21	Seattle Sounders FC	13	24
22	Houston Dynamo	14	22
23	Minnesota United FC	15	22
24	Los Angeles Galaxy	15	20
25	San Diego FC	15	17
26	Colorado Rapids SC	15	16
27	St. Louis City	14	16
28	Portland Timbers	14	14
29	Austin FC	15	14
30	Sporting Kansas City	14	11

Head-to-Head

Portland Timbers 16 games · Avg 3.1 goals Colorado Rapids SC

Last 5 meetings

2021-09-16 Portland Timbers 2–2 Colorado Rapids SC 2020-11-05 Portland Timbers 0–1 Colorado Rapids SC 2019-07-14 Portland Timbers 2–2 Colorado Rapids SC 2019-03-02 Colorado Rapids SC 3–3 Portland Timbers 2018-09-09 Portland Timbers 2–0 Colorado Rapids SC

Recent Form

Portland Timbers

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 Sep	Colorado Rapids SC	H	2–2	D
11 Sep	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	A	1–0	W
04 Sep	Houston Dynamo	A	2–0	W
30 Aug	Seattle Sounders FC	A	2–0	W
22 Aug	Austin FC	A	1–3	L
19 Aug	Sporting Kansas City	A	1–1	D

Colorado Rapids SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
16 Sep	Portland Timbers	A	2–2	D
11 Sep	Los Angeles Galaxy	H	1–1	D
05 Sep	San Jose Earthquakes	A	1–0	W
29 Aug	Sporting Kansas City	A	1–1	D
22 Aug	Real Salt Lake	H	2–1	W
18 Aug	Los Angeles Galaxy	A	2–1	W

Season Stats

Portland Timbers		Colorado Rapids SC
#28	Position	#26
14	Points	16
14	Played	15
4 / 2 / 8	W / D / L	5 / 1 / 9
22	Scored	25
28	Conceded	24
-6	GD	+1
1.00	PPG	1.07
29%	Win %	33%

Key Stats

50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (16 games)

63% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

7% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this season

20% Clean Sheets
Colorado Rapids SC this season

Portland Timbers are 28th (14 pts). Colorado Rapids SC are 26th (16 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

Portland Timbers

0-15

2/5

16-30

3/3

31-45

3/3

46-60

–/2

61-75

2/–

76+

2/2

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Colorado Rapids SC

0-15

3/2

16-30

2/3

31-45

1/3

46-60

4/–

61-75

2/4

76+

1/4

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Events

Match Events

0' We are underway at Providence Park. The crowd does wile while the referee lows the starting whistle.
5' The tempo has dropped considerably in the last few minutes. Robin Fraser will be considering his options from the bench.
10' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
15' With 0 assists to his name this season, Steve Clark is clearly more than just a goal scorer for Portland Timbers.
20' Nicolas Mezquida has been disciplined this evening — perhaps mindful of those 0 cards already picked up this season.
25' Portland Timbers are enjoying more possession but struggling to find a way through a disciplined Colorado Rapids SC backline.
30' The referee does not hesitate — a Yellow card for Sebastian Blanco on 30 minutes.
31' Auston Trusty has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 31.
33' Portland Timbers receives a Yellow card for a hard tackle on 33.
38' Portland Timbers seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
42' Poor challenge from Bill Tuiloma. The referee spots it immediately and shows the Red card.
46' The Portland Timbers manager makes a substitution. Yimmi Chara departs to be replaced by Jose Van Rankin.
51' Matchday of the Array and both teams know exactly what is at stake tonight.
56' The home supporters are growing impatient. Portland Timbers must find a spark to ignite this game.
57' Fresh legs for Colorado Rapids SC! Lucas Esteves comes on to replace Braian Galvan.
62' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Portland Timbers that had 287 games and scored 458 goals.
64' GOAL! Jonathan Lewis fires home to make it 0-1!
66' Mark-Anthony Kaye catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 66.
67' A moment of madness from Cristhian Paredes on 67 minutes earns him a Yellow card. Portland Timbers will be frustrated.
67' What a moment for Felipe Mora! That strike on 67 puts his side firmly in control.
72' The Array continues to deliver drama. Both Portland Timbers and Colorado Rapids SC are desperate not to drop points on matchday .
75' Mark-Anthony Kaye makes way for Kellyn Acosta at the 75 minute mark. A tactical switch from Colorado Rapids SC.
76' Another substitution for Portland Timbers to replace Cristhian Paredes by George Fochive on 76 minute.
81' A tactical swap from Colorado Rapids SC — Dominique Badji on, Jonathan Lewis off on 81 minutes.
82' Steve Clark picks up a Yellow card and will need to be extremely careful for the remainder of this match.
87' The deadlock is broken! Michael Barrios gets on the scoresheet on 87 minutes.
88' Lalas Abubakar has been a danger all night but risks an early exit having now seen a Yellow card on 88.
90' Jaroslaw Niezgoda is replacing Felipe Mora for the Portland Timbers side.
2-2 the final result. will be bitterly disappointed.

Lineups

Portland Timbers Lineups

Starting XI

23
Yimmi Chara ↓ Jose Van Rankin 46'
21
Diego Chara
33
Larrys Mabiala
25
Bill Tuiloma
27
Dairon Asprilla
22
Cristhian Paredes ↓ George Fochive 76'
12
Steve Clark
10
Sebastian Blanco ↓ Zac McGraw 90'
5
Claudio Bravo
13
Dario Zuparic
9
Felipe Mora ↓ Jaroslaw Niezgoda 90'

Bench

Coach Giovanni Savarese

Colorado Rapids SC Lineups

Starting XI

5
Auston Trusty
2
Keegan Rosenberry
14
Mark-Anthony Kaye ↓ Kellyn Acosta 75'
19
Jack Price
4
Danny Wilson
26
Cole Bassett ↓ Nicolas Mezquida 76'
6
Lalas Abubakar
52
Braian Galvan ↓ Lucas Esteves 57'
9
Andre Shinyashiki ↓ Michael Barrios 75'
22
William Yarbrough
7
Jonathan Lewis ↓ Dominique Badji 81'

Bench

Coach Robin Fraser

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Antony	5
Diego Valeri	4
Sebastian Blanco	3
Diego Rubio	3
Felipe Mora	2
Jonathan Lewis	2
Samuel Armenteros	2
Kevin Kelsy	2

Head to Head

Portland Timbers Form

2021-09-16 Portland Timbers 2–2 Colorado Rapids SC D 2021-09-11 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–1 Portland Timbers W 2021-09-04 Houston Dynamo 0–2 Portland Timbers W 2021-08-30 Seattle Sounders FC 0–2 Portland Timbers W 2021-08-22 Austin FC 3–1 Portland Timbers L 2021-08-19 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Portland Timbers D

Colorado Rapids SC Form

2021-09-16 Portland Timbers 2–2 Colorado Rapids SC D 2021-09-11 Colorado Rapids SC 1–1 Los Angeles Galaxy D 2021-09-05 San Jose Earthquakes 0–1 Colorado Rapids SC W 2021-08-29 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 Colorado Rapids SC D 2021-08-22 Colorado Rapids SC 2–1 Real Salt Lake W 2021-08-18 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–2 Colorado Rapids SC W

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.73 Portland Timbers xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.85 Colorado Rapids SC xG

I would bet for: Portland Timbers or Colorado Rapids SC 75% + Both teams to score 69%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

Portland Timbers38% Draw25% Colorado Rapids SC37%

Actual: Draw

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes69% 0% No31%

Avg goals/match: 3.58

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✓ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	96%	4%
± 1.5	87%	13%
± 2.5	68%	32%
± 3.5	48%	52%
± 4.5	29%	71%

Double Chance

Portland Timbers or Draw

63%

Draw or Colorado Rapids SC

62%

Portland Timbers or Colorado Rapids SC

75%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Portland Timbers28% Draw40% Colorado Rapids SC32%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

9.8%

1 – 2

2 – 1

7.5%

2 – 2

Actual

1 – 3

4.9%

0 – 2

4.8%

0 – 1

4.6%

3 – 1

4.3%

2 – 3

4.2%

2 – 0

4.2%

1 – 0

4.2%

0 – 0

4.1%

Asian Handicap — Portland Timbers

Handicap	Portland Timbers covers	Push	Colorado Rapids SC covers
-2.5	8%	—	92%
-2	8%	11%	81%
-1.5	19%	—	81%
-1	19%	17%	64%
-0.5	36%	—	64%
+0.5	60%	—	40%
+1	60%	18%	22%
+1.5	78%	—	22%
+2	78%	12%	10%
+2.5	90%	—	10%

Clean Sheet

Portland Timbers keeps clean sheet

17% ✓

Colorado Rapids SC keeps clean sheet

19% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.